Patrick Timmins
About
Based in Manhattan
Manhattan attorney with decades in criminal law, legal aid, and civil litigation for union members; teaches criminal and constitutional law at John Jay College. Ran for Manhattan DA in 2025.
Criminal/civil attorney; legal aid and union-side litigation
Adjunct, John Jay College (criminal & constitutional law)
2025 Manhattan DA candidate (~70,000 votes, ~52,000 from CD12)
Where they stand
Affordability & cost of living
Leads with the cost-of-living crisis — 'affordability has become a foreign word to far too much of this country.' Would expand the EITC and child-care tax credits and create a congressional 'Food Subcommittee' to watchdog grocery pricing.
Housing
A hyper-local NYCHA focus: fight the planned demolition of buildings at the Fulton-Elliott and Chelsea Houses, demand federal repairs for the Stanley-Isaac and Amsterdam Houses, and push back on co-op and condo maintenance increases.
Health care
'Healthcare is a human right.' A universal option that preserves private insurance, expanded Medicare dental/hearing/vision, fully extended ACA subsidies, and caps on life-saving drug costs.
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